Four singer-songwriters from around the world and different projects – from folk, pop to Americana – are uniting their eclectic experience in a travelling road show set to play the Legacy Guitar and Coffee House this month.
“Too often modern artists get caught up in the competition of ‘making it’ and forget about the joy and inspiration of playing music together” said Benjamin James Caldwell of the International Folk Road Show, quoted on the event’s site.
“This is the focus of the Folk Road Show – to bring an old-time approach to new music.”
Angus Wilson of Legacy said that although they don’t have an album recorded under the road show name, their diverse backgrounds and individually successful projects would make for a special experience.
“Where they’re from really has a huge influence on the type of music that they write. Usually you have songwriters that link together really well because of where they’re from.
“It’s going to be unique just based on the culture of where they’re from.”
The show’s members hail from Canada (Dominque Fricot), New Zealand/Australia (Benjamin James Caldwell), the Netherlands (Pieter Van Vliet) and the U.S./Netherlands (Olaf Caarls).
According to the road show’s site, Caarls of Long Conversations and Caldwell of Broken Down Suitcase fantasized about reviving the road show concept across Europe with each act performing a handful of songs before banding together for a grand finale, offering a diverse and exciting show to each audience.
Finally, the stars aligned with the interest and subsequent addition of Canadian folk-pop artist Fricot and the Dutch songwriter Van Vliet of Port of Call.
Starting in the fall of last year, the group played around 30 different shows across seven European countries.
As described, the road show represented a shuffling of sorts. “Moving as they did from street corner to theatre, from bar to living room, the four gentlemen of the Folk Road Show mastered the art of transforming a large club into an intimate venue; making your living room feel like Carnegie Hall.”
According to the site, all four musicians had never played together until an hour before the first show, but immediately began an extensive collaboration. The result is what Ben Wysocki of the Grammy-nominated and Billboard chart-topping band The Fray described as, “The closest you’ll get to seeing Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the comfort of your living room.” Visit legacyguitarhouse.com/events/ or Facebook page for tickets and times.
